We’re all in the same room, so I want people to be involved with one another, but again you can’t decide exactly to what extent that operates. It varies all the time and it depends on the show, it depends on the audience, it depends on everything. Mark Morris Read Quote
Perhaps… I mean there are people who defend that it as an art. I don’t. I like it but it’s not an art form as far as I’m concerned, and yet it’s a similar thing, once you can’t land those jumps, you’re disqualified – that precludes it from ever becoming a serious art form. Mark Morris Read Quote
Well let’s see; I’m not obsessed with… I like Walt Disney except that you know, except for the horrible fascism. I love the art of it. I like a lot of things I don’t agree with and that’s one of them. Mark Morris Read Quote
Usually that’s going into biology in a certain way. There’s certain strengths and weaknesses to both of the sexes. And I’m not against employing those nor am I against denying those, what I am looking for is a very large array of options. Mark Morris Read Quote
I teach class. I study music. I rehearse. I coach people. That’s it. I’m doing exactly what I want. Mark Morris Read Quote
That piece has been choreographed so badly so many times. I’m loathe to do it but I may eventually because it is one of the seminal art works of the twentieth century. Mark Morris Read Quote
Being queer you’re supposed to adore figure skating. It’s a sport, not an art. I love the costumes and hate the music and of course I worship Johnny Weir because so does he. Also he’s real. It’s a full gay thing and it always has been. Mark Morris Read Quote
I build duets into bigger works. I like to see people working together. What we call a giant solo in my company is about four bars long while twenty other people are doing something dynamically. I like the charge that is set up by a lot of people doing something. Mark Morris Read Quote
Audiences don’t want to see the kind of self-indulgent, boring dance that is so prevalent today. Mark Morris Read Quote